From: A preliminary analysis of genome structure and composition in Gossypium hirsutum
Total number of BACs analyzed | 142 |
Combined BAC lengths | 14.2 Mb |
Amount of identified repetitive DNA (percentage) | 5.7 Mb (40.1%) |
Amount of unidentified DNA with predicted ORFs structure (Nos, percentage) | 1.4 Mb (1653, 9.9%) |
Unidentified ORFs that show collinearity with cotton EST database (percentage) | 208 (12.6%) |
Number of genes with similarity or collinearity support | 412 |
Number of hypothetical genes with low similarity or collinearity support | 46 |
Overall gene density | One gene per 34.5 kb |
Number of estimated total cotton genes | More than 70,000 |